The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-22
ANOTHER ACCOUNT

ANOTHER ACCOUNT
or the Great state procession From
RucL isEham Palace TO WestmiS-
stsr abbey.
LONDON. June 81 The first day OF
the ffty.frst year Of the reign Of
Queen Victoria over Great Britain
opened with perfect summer weather
In London. A lovelier day could not
have been desired for the celebration
Of Her Msjssty's jubilee. The sun
shone brightly, the air was clear but
not warm, and gentle bre,ze blew
steadily. The crowds scattered over
the city were unprecedented in num-
beers and size. Thousands of people
who yesterday selected localities along
the route Of today's procession in or.
der to retain them, occupied them all
the night, and many used camp stools
or improvised rests to enable them to
Withstand the long and tireeome occu
patton. A steady stream OF carriages
and pedestrians poured constantly all
night until dawn through the city
from all directions toward West Eud.
At 5 O'Clock this morning every point
of vantage along the streets compos.
ing the royal procession route was Sc
cured. AT 8 o'clock the line OF route
was, on each side,
A COMPACT MASS OF PEOPLE.
Everybody, despite the discomfort
OF the crowdiDg, manifested the ut
most good humor. The scene at
Westminster Abbey was most brilliant.
Every seat was filed, and every per.
son present was distinguished per.
son. When the identities were
enumerated 1t seemed as II every 10.
cality the world over had sent one OF
more OF it's representative psrsonsget
to do honor to Englsnd's Queen on
Britain's greatest holiday. There
never probably, In modern tlmts, as
sembled under one roof an audience
80 we'll and 90 brilliantly arrayed
Every man present entitled to wear 9
uniform OF decoration, had both on
new or FURNISHED up. When tbit
audience was all seated the ecene va
incompatible. When the tun shoI
brightly through the noble stained
windows of the abbey, its rays fel
upon an unaccustomed sight and
THE PICTURE WAS INDEscBIBABLE.
This audience, backed up as 1t wa
In chur CHI, was anything blu. sombre
For a while when all were seated
there was quiet, but this was only tenn
porary, and lasted only long enough
to enable the people to locate one an
other. Then there was the life of Zee
ognition and fgossip, and it graduated
rapidly into noiey hum. This wa
startling to a person who entered sud
denly, considering the place and who
were buried there, but the strangal
was soon fascinated, and himself add
ed tc what had struck him as desc era
ton. Busy and interested as weIi
the people making this irreveren
congregation, some personsges enter
ed the Abbey strong enough to com
pei general attention and recognition
When the Marquis of Salisbury, tn,
Queens Prime Minister, entered aud
proceeded to the place set apart fol-
MIN, he was chee1ed. Such was the
eagtrness + those who had assured
place ia tbs audience at Westminster
to be on hand, that scores Of lords anC
ladies repaired to the edifice at unnec
essarily early hours, and as many o
them admitted, without having parta
ken Of any breakfast. 1t was a strange
SIGHT TO SEE FLAsKs AND SANDWICHES
exchanged in such crowd and eager
ly used by numberless aiistocrats I'M
able longer to withstand hunger OF
thirst. This business, when added Il
the hum, at times seemed ire weren't
even on jubilee day, in Westminster
The line Of the procession from Buck,
ipgham Palace to Westminster Abbey
was as follows: Froi the Palace Dor.
tails along Constitution Hill, Plcadilly
Regent street, Waterloo Place, Pal
Mail, East Ccckspur street, Northum.
berland avenue, Thames embark.
ment, Bridge street to Abbey. The
line Of route was kept by nearly 10000
troops, representing ell brar ches OF
the service, and in addition 600 boys
from naval training ships were drawn
up at the base oil the Nelson monu
ment. In addition to the military,
many thousands Of polite, both mount.
ed and on foot, were on duty under
the command OF Sir Charles Warren
The military force was under com.
mand Of Gen. Gipps and Col. Stirling
of the Coldstream Guards. The par.
ticular feature OF Buckingham Palace
was that the two services we're equally
honoged, the Guards lining one side Of
the roadway at Buckingham Palace
gates and on the other side the Blue
Jackets were posted. The same ser.
vices were also represe uted in like
manner at The entFace 10 Westminster
Abbey. The first OF the royal pro-
ceesion was composed OF the Indian
Princes aud few minor German
Princes. This Was well received by
the people.
A few minutes before IL O'Clock the
second part Of the procession left.
This was composed OF some fifteen car
riages, the occupants being the King
OF Denmark, the King OF Belgium, the
King OF Saxony, toe King Of the Hell
lensa, the Grown Prince of Portugal,
the Queen OF the Belgiaus, the Grown
Prince OF Greece, Prince George OF
Greece, the Crown Princess of Austria
and the Grand Duke Of MeCklenburg-
Strelitz.
This part was also we'll received by
the people. These two professions
helped keep the way to tie Abbey
open, and exercised the pent up en-
thusiasm OF the vast multitude along
the way awaiting impatiently to see